Betty Adams is a general assignment reporter who’s lived in Augusta for the past 35 years and been working for the Kennebec Journal for more than two decades. She covers the courts plus the towns of Belgrade, Fayette and Readfield. As adjunct instructor Elizabeth Adams, she teaches writing courses, including journalism, at the University of Maine at Augusta. In her spare time, when she’s not playing with the grandchildren, bicycling on the rail trail, snowshoeing or cross-country skiing, she likes to travel both in the United States and abroad via cruise ship and occasionally on the back of a motorcycle. She is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University and earned a master’s of journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2010
Augusta man sentenced for assault charge
The defendant gets nine months for assaulting his wife in their home in front of their 9-month-old.
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PublishedNovember 25, 2010
Dr. Seuss gives Latin students spirit
Winthrop High takes top spirit honors among 14 schools at the Junior Classical League meet.
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PublishedNovember 23, 2010
New venue sought for Vassalboro topless coffee shop arson trial
The man accused of burning down the shop says pretrial publicity could influence potential jurors.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2010
Snowe and Collins’ anti-earmark stand won’t hurt Exit 113 funding
Earmarks are the term for congressional funds aimed at a particular projects. They are often introduced into unrelated legislation by a lawmaker to gain support for projects in his or her home district.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2010
Former teacher-coach sentenced in pupil sex case
Matthew B. Dineen, 41, was sentenced to 364 days in jail, with all but 120 days suspended, and one year of probation.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2010
Palmyra man who killed brother allowed holiday visits at home
Enoch Petrucelly must be accompanied by a staffer from Riverview Psychiatric Center, a judge says.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2010
Votes of students tabulated
AUGUSTA — The trio from Warsaw Middle School in Pittsfield each voted for a different candidate.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2010
State says it paid too much for computers
The state is suing a Massachusetts firm it claims charged above the agreed contract price.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2010
Therapists claim they are owed thousands
Over 200 clinicians are expected at a meeting over claims that a billing agency didn’t pay them.
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PublishedOctober 7, 2010
Woman faces 2-count indictment in alleged assault on infant son
AUGUSTA — A 24-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday night at the Augusta Police Department on charges of assaulting her infant son.
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